education
5 Minute Read The first day was fine: I enjoyed the new experience and all the possibilities. The second day I ran down the hall screaming and crying. That is how I began kindergarten…and college.
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Choosing Christ in College
3 Minute Read Expectations can be dangerous. An active imagination or creative mind can manipulate reality into something that only leads to disappointment. I experienced that kind of letdown when I started college.
Real Education
3 Minute Read Like most homeschooled students, my senior year of high school was not the experience of typical American teens. I knew that going into it, of course, and while I was fine with no prom, no yearbook, and no cap and gown at the end, I had no idea just how different my senior year would…
Learning to See in the Classroom
3 Minute Read School has always been fun for me. I wouldn’t say that it was easy, but I loved seeing my hard work rewarded and I did well, especially with anything that involved reading. However, in my senior year, reading out loud became a painful experience and I couldn’t figure out why.
7 Habits of Highly Effective Students
4 Minute Read It’s the beginning of a school year and those of us who are students are thinking about classes and courses and books and essays again. I study part-time and long-distance and, after a year of juggling my studies with two jobs and the rest of life, there are a few things I’ve learned about the…
What I Learned from Two Years of Community College
3 Minute Read I got lost my first day. I shouldn’t have. A friend had given me the grand tour of the campus. After I received my schedule, my daddy and I mapped out my day, from class to class, building to building. I should have known where I was going. But after I grinned at Mom for…
October: A Peek Into Your Education
1 minute “The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.” -Robert Maynard Hutchins Each October we take a peek into each others’ lives, focusing on one theme throughout the month at ylcf.org and then giving everyone an opportunity to share in the link-up at the end of the month. This…
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